What Phase 0 funding enables

Phase 0 funds the minimum viable build to prove that FASO can produce bounded, verifiable outputs on discovery, change, and drift—without becoming a regulator, enforcement body, or intelligence function. Funding is used to build and validate:

  • Deterministic evidence pipeline: Discovery ingest → hash/bind → sealed execution → replay proof

  • Baseline declarations and comparators: MIM/MIM+ discipline; epoch labelling and continuity checks

  • Publication Boundary artefact grammar: signed, minimised, security-safe outputs only

  • Replay-first recovery and degraded-mode operations: AAAA doctrine (capture/sign/buffer/replay)

  • Initial DAP specification and pilot criteria: Developer Accreditation Protocol (v0)

  • External review programme: proof-based scrutiny without privileged access to sensitive data

What FASO is / is not

FASO is a neutrality-preserving observatory: a reproducible measurement and verification layer for frontier AI discovery, change, drift, and risk conditions—designed to support shared situational awareness without creating a new power centre.

FASO is not a regulator, not an enforcement body, not an intelligence function, and not a policy-prescribing organisation. Outputs are descriptive, non-prescriptive, and bounded by a Publication Boundary. FASO does not “name and shame,” and it does not instruct developers how to remediate—developers and relevant authorities retain those decisions.

How to help (non-funding)

If you can’t fund Phase 0, practical help is often just as valuable:

  • Review: 10–20 minutes on a short brief (credibility, clarity, missing risks)

  • Introductions: funders, fiscal sponsors, or senior researchers in AI safety/governance

  • Hosting conversations: UK university discussions for a one-year Phase 0 build/validation setting

  • Technical critique: evidence handling, replayability, Publication Boundary design, accreditation criteria

  • Operational critique: security posture, separation of duties, degraded modes, auditability

  • Trustees: We are seeking a small number of independent trustees to strengthen governance and oversight as Phase 0 proceeds.

Even a small number of targeted pointers materially improves the build.

Contact

If you’d like to discuss Phase 0 support—funding, introductions, review, or practical partnership—please contact us via the form or email.

Please include:

  • your organisation and role

  • what type of help you’re considering (funding / introductions / review / hosting conversation / other)

  • any constraints (timeframe, confidentiality, preferred channel)

We treat early outreach as confidential by default and can work under NDA if preferred.

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